[Wherever you sleep, Gil, when you wake up and open the door you will find a small box in front of said door. Inside of said box there are a couple of delicious chocolates wrapped in gold foil. There is a note attached to said box and when you read this note it says:]
To: Gilgamesh From: Enkidu
My dear friend,
I am not sure if you are aware of this ritual called Valentine. It is a day where friends give chocolates to one another to celebrate their friendship. These chocolates are for you. Perhaps they might not be a suitable offering to the great king of Uruk, but I do not offer them to said king. I offer them to my dearest and closest friend.
he is not one who is surprised by much anymore, but it seems this place has its share of new experiences, even for him. he truly believed this Saber would be the last person who would voluntarily seek him out for any reason. but the thing is, he understands her personality decently well, so he suspects this is about some kind of... apology, or some foolishness, in which she will completely misunderstand what she should truly be sorry for.
but, well. he will not be saying no to a booty call from Seiba. he is still wearing her marks, even. ]
[ Gil never uses text, so congratulations on eliciting a miracle, Saber.
actually, it is not really that. he prefers to broadcast himself, but he has discovered the joys of emojis now. he supposes he can lead in like this, if that's what she's all about. ]
Saber. For what reason do you write?
[ and signing her name? this woman is so out of touch. not like him, who totally blends effortlessly into every place. ]
Very well. If you must be shy like this, I shall permit such an indulgence this one time.
To think humanity has returned to glyphs once more! We had such symbols in my ziggurat, also. Behold, it is a lion:
🦁
This may be for you now.
[ she is getting relatively lucky only because he has not yet found a married couple emote worthy of their beauty and he does not yet realize the significance of the eggplant emoji. COUNT YOUR BRIEFLY LIVED BLESSINGS, SABER. ]
[ Ah. This is supposed to be a serious conversation, but the way he talks about a lion emoji of all things is almost... charming? She needs to not think about that. This is serious. ]
King of Heroes,
I'm aware of such symbols, although I had not seen the lion.
[ Wait, she can't thank him for that, that feels weird. That's not the point of this anyway. Even if it's kind of cute. ]
However, such things are not why I write to you now. I wished to discuss the events of the full moon and tender to you my apologies; I was not in my right mind and I acted like a feral beast, without thought or reason. I attacked you, despite our truce. Moreover, I did not behave as a king should. You should not have had to witness such thing.
[ charming, Saber, but Gilgamesh decides that if they are to be more serious, it would be best to switch to video. when he does so, she will see him reclining on the couch, the scratches she has given him still firmly in place. his complexion is fortunate enough that the red does not look like too much of a discoloration; he wears a simple golden-link necklace, one of the few reminders of wealth here, as he has been forced to begin redoing his life. it is also one which he refuses to sell or part with. the evidence of their encounter blends somewhat with his red tattoos, which she can also see again now.
... not that there is anything left to her imagination now, needless to say. or whatever imagination she would have, if she had an imagination. but well. after everything, he at least hopes dreams shall continue to visit her. that would be highly entertaining. ]
Ah. [ he tilts his head and smiles. ] As denials go, that is so weak that it does not qualify, Saber. One might even say you evaded my question.
[ GOT YOU.
but he shrugs. what is he to do? what does she want? some absolution -- from him of all people? ]
What is done is done. The fact remains that unless you Bond, something similar, if not worse, shall happen at the time of the next Moon.
[ Why does he insist on being so impossible? Saber reluctantly tabs her own video function on. In contrast, she's wearing a high-collared white blouse and a deep navy blue skirt and she's sitting at a small desk, upright and entirely proper. Aside from some bruising on a cheek, she looks as put together as ever.
Although she is also very carefully trying to trim down the claws (or maybe talons) that she now has on her fingers to something that won't snag or catch unnecessarily. ]
Whatever happened, it was not something I was in my right mind to enjoy, even had I wished to, which I did not.
[ That's... sort of a sideways admission, maybe. ]
I am attempting to seek out a bond. You need not concern yourself with it, King of Heroes.
[ because her personality amplifies his dark fuccboi energies. that's why. besides, even if he is impossible, she keeps coming back. in apparently more ways than one. ]
Needn't I? As I recall, you were the one who approached me.
[ ... well, technically. he had already been in the area. and he was, you might say, sniffing the air for Something Interesting. and perhaps it was a coincidence. but the bald fact remains undeniable. ]
You recognized me.
[ he just leaves that there without further comment, as if it is an argument. ]
Heh. Why not try again in your right mind? It is true that such pleasures are best enjoyed when not in so beastly a state. Regardless, it is fortunate that you encountered me and not anyone else. I am made to withstand all forms of love.
[ Huff. She closes her eyes for a long moment, as if she's trying to consider something or maybe just stave off a headache. Why does she bother talking to him? Is it because she felt the flicker of something worthwhile underneath all of the arrogance while they were bonded? Does she feel the need to give him a chance?
She doesn't know. It's frustrating. ]
Recognized- [ SHe replies, eyes opening again. ]
-is not quite the word I would use. Although I suppose it would fit. My memories of that night are not clear.
[ Well, clear enough. Her cheeks color a little. ]
Even were I interested in pursuing such affairs again and in my right mind, you are the last person I would turn to. Why would I accept such a proposal?
gil? i have left a bottle of potion on the table. my other bonded has left and i do not feel well. please drink that potion so you will be unable to feel what i feel. it isn't a pleasant feeling.
[Enkidu would've smiled at his words, probably cracked some joke while realizing there is a hint of truth in them as well. They are happy he is near. And they are happy to wake up next to him, be at his side during quests, speak to him while they fuss over flowers and watch him during moments of pleasure.
But now they just sigh.]
The potion is meant to shield you from the sadness I feel. [Another sigh.] I know very well that this is a phantom pain. It isn't real. But it is there.
I would really appreciate it if you would drink it.
Fool. Am I not the King who carried thrice all the world's evils?
[ you think a little bitch-ass feeling is going to get in the way of him when a fucked up eldritch Grail made of swirling dead homunculi did not even leave a mark? pfft. ]
Yet, it is true that I perceive great suffering in you. [ he can feel it, even if his reaction is restrained. ] What is this, Enkidu? Was that girl so important to you?
I do not doubt your strength, Gil. Not here, not ever. But there is no reason for you to suffer from what is inflicted on me. A phantom pain.
[It seems not right. They want the best for him and him experiencing an empty, never-ending sense of sadness.
No, Enkidu cannot allow that]
She was my other bonded. The loss of this bond leaves me...utterly empty. [They pause for a long time] You aren't going to drink that potion..., right?
ah, the irony that they think in terms of sparing him from never ending pain. ]
Living things disappear. Transience is the natural outcome of all life.
[ he shrugs his shoulder.
Enkidu has not known loss. not as Gilgamesh had.
not since -- ah. well. there was that girl from before... the one with the flower crown... yet... no, he puts aside such an ancient memory. another time, perhaps. ]
As King, I shall not enact such cowardice. Nor should you. You are my friend. Come to me to give vent to this grief.
[ because while Enkidu is a novice in dealing with loss and sadness, Gilgamesh has a thousand lifetimes of experience. ]
Edited (cleaning up some phrasing, la la.) 2020-06-15 00:31 (UTC)
[Wearing a white shirt was a Mistake. She knew she was working on a farm, she'd already worked that out when she'd read the job description. Help a farmer wrangle his sheep to shear them.
It was messy work in muggy weather, and she'd worn a white shirt.
After a few hours of chasing after sheep. Hounding them back to the farmer. By this point, her shirt was a mixture of brown with small patches of green from the grass. And yet, there was still more sheep to round up. So she rolls her shoulders looking over to the other person. The guy who'd helped with the school kids before. It wasn't a massive change in jobs, wrangling kids and sheep was basically the same thing right?]
[ and said white shirt, dirtied as it is now, clings to Mikasa's upper body thanks to the sweat and the exertion of their efforts.
Gilgamesh does not look at his would-be companion for the day as he would a woman he is interested in. her body is hard and rigid like a soldier of Uruk or a Servant he might face in a Grail War. lean, muscled, strong -- he thinks such a woman must be rather intimidating to many a lesser man, and he remembers that aura she exerted on the day when they led those children. yet this threatening nature would seem to be a characteristic which exists almost by accident. the way she carries herself, she is not seeking battle in any conventional sense. indeed, she seems rather... un-self-aware, almost innocent.
for example, Mikasa has overlooked one very important point.
with a little smile, Gilgamesh murmurs... ]
Heh. These creatures fail to faint for me for the same reason they do not faint for you.
[ and because she does not see it, he lets his eyes wander over her changing features.
they are strange, rather like his Hakuno's. yet as he appreciates strangeness on some level, there is a certain monstrous beauty to those wings. ]
They fear us.
[ the sheep... in other words, are baring their fangs in the face of beings they perceive as predators. ]
My mongrel would have far better luck in coaxing them to faint. Yet you and I, being terrifying... we must simply try to change our natures, hm? Such a small miracle should be easily possible if you are with me, at least.
[It was the worst and she should have just worn her workout clothes. At least then she wouldn't have had to deal with the horrible feeling of damp fabric on her arms and legs when she moved.
The flightless fae was a unique sight. There weren't many, and even with her losing a few inches of height she was tall. The thick chitin covering her neck and most of her limbs didn't help now she was getting to the point where clothes couldn't cover it. She'd denied what she was at first, wanting no association with the creatures that enslaved children. But she had no way of hiding it.
The smile and comment just gets a flat look from black compound eyes.]
...You're saying we're that frighting to them, that they're too afraid to pass out? [That... Made sense. They feared for their lives so much that the adrenaline was too strong to faint. And that they should act less threatening hmm?] What do you mean by mongrel? I thought you were just being an ass to the kids.
['my mongrel' with her original thought would mean he had a kid, and she very much doubted that.]
[Depending on preference, Ozymandias gifts his fellow Council members with either a coffee or tea sampler from the Purramid Café for Modranicht. Regardless of which sampler is received, it is fairly sizable and offers around 40 cups worth across all the blends included. The note that is included while not necessarily personalized is sincere in its expressed intent for more good works and successes to be celebrated by the Council.]
[What does one bestow upon the king who technically has (or rather had) everything? Well, really nothing considering that, but that's not an acceptable gift either.]
[So, that's how Gilgamesh ends up with one of the larger sphinxes sitting patiently outside Gilgamesh's domicile with a festive bow and...hat??? There's no need for a tag since its sender is hopefully obvious, but Gilgamesh should still inspect the blue and gold ribbons that have been tied together to create the bow as there is a singular glass bead attached with an image of the sphinx etched into it. He should be able to sense that the bead is, in fact, enchanted and that crushing said bead will summon another divine beast that should last long enough to serve whatever purpose it has been summoned for.]
[The large lad that is still hanging about, however, will last a week.]
[Try not to get on those megalomaniac vibes in the meantime, Gil, and make Ozymandias regret this.]
[On the day of the holiday, a plate of homemade cookies and a sample of herbal tea mysteriously appears on his doorstep. The wrapping is decorated with a fresh lily flower (actually a Fae magic product, designed to fade away from existence in a few hours) and a ribbon. The attached handwritten note reads as follows:]
Happy Modranicht! Let’s have another great year here in Aefenglom!
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To: Gilgamesh
From: Enkidu
My dear friend,
I am not sure if you are aware of this ritual called Valentine. It is a day where friends give chocolates to one another to celebrate their friendship. These chocolates are for you. Perhaps they might not be a suitable offering to the great king of Uruk, but I do not offer them to said king. I offer them to my dearest and closest friend.
May we bond soon.
- Enkidu
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King of Heroes,
We should speak.
-Saber
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he is not one who is surprised by much anymore, but it seems this place has its share of new experiences, even for him. he truly believed this Saber would be the last person who would voluntarily seek him out for any reason. but the thing is, he understands her personality decently well, so he suspects this is about some kind of... apology, or some foolishness, in which she will completely misunderstand what she should truly be sorry for.
but, well. he will not be saying no to a booty call from Seiba. he is still wearing her marks, even. ]
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actually, it is not really that. he prefers to broadcast himself, but he has discovered the joys of emojis now. he supposes he can lead in like this, if that's what she's all about. ]
Saber. For what reason do you write?
[ and signing her name? this woman is so out of touch. not like him, who totally blends effortlessly into every place. ]
Very well. If you must be shy like this, I shall permit such an indulgence this one time.
To think humanity has returned to glyphs once more! We had such symbols in my ziggurat, also. Behold, it is a lion:
🦁
This may be for you now.
[ she is getting relatively lucky only because he has not yet found a married couple emote worthy of their beauty and he does not yet realize the significance of the eggplant emoji. COUNT YOUR BRIEFLY LIVED BLESSINGS, SABER. ]
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King of Heroes,
I'm aware of such symbols, although I had not seen the lion.
[ Wait, she can't thank him for that, that feels weird. That's not the point of this anyway. Even if it's kind of cute. ]
However, such things are not why I write to you now. I wished to discuss the events of the full moon and tender to you my apologies; I was not in my right mind and I acted like a feral beast, without thought or reason. I attacked you, despite our truce. Moreover, I did not behave as a king should. You should not have had to witness such thing.
-Saber 🦁
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there is a long pause between texts. ]
Hm. Did you enjoy yourself, Saber?
🍆💦
[ oops, looks like he found it. ]
Ha, I like that. It is an AUO trademark addition now. Behold further.
--The King. 🍷
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I fail to see how I could take enjoyment from becoming little more than a feral beast.
[ Not talking about his emotes, because she honestly doesn't quite get it herself. ]
The wine seems appropriate.
-Saber 🦁
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... not that there is anything left to her imagination now, needless to say. or whatever imagination she would have, if she had an imagination. but well. after everything, he at least hopes dreams shall continue to visit her. that would be highly entertaining. ]
Ah. [ he tilts his head and smiles. ] As denials go, that is so weak that it does not qualify, Saber. One might even say you evaded my question.
[ GOT YOU.
but he shrugs. what is he to do? what does she want? some absolution -- from him of all people? ]
What is done is done. The fact remains that unless you Bond, something similar, if not worse, shall happen at the time of the next Moon.
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Although she is also very carefully trying to trim down the claws (or maybe talons) that she now has on her fingers to something that won't snag or catch unnecessarily. ]
Whatever happened, it was not something I was in my right mind to enjoy, even had I wished to, which I did not.
[ That's... sort of a sideways admission, maybe. ]
I am attempting to seek out a bond. You need not concern yourself with it, King of Heroes.
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Needn't I? As I recall, you were the one who approached me.
[ ... well, technically. he had already been in the area. and he was, you might say, sniffing the air for Something Interesting. and perhaps it was a coincidence. but the bald fact remains undeniable. ]
You recognized me.
[ he just leaves that there without further comment, as if it is an argument. ]
Heh. Why not try again in your right mind? It is true that such pleasures are best enjoyed when not in so beastly a state. Regardless, it is fortunate that you encountered me and not anyone else. I am made to withstand all forms of love.
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She doesn't know. It's frustrating. ]
Recognized- [ SHe replies, eyes opening again. ]
-is not quite the word I would use. Although I suppose it would fit. My memories of that night are not clear.
[ Well, clear enough. Her cheeks color a little. ]
Even were I interested in pursuing such affairs again and in my right mind, you are the last person I would turn to. Why would I accept such a proposal?
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text un: enkidu
let me know when you have taken the potion.
[voice]
[ he prefers video, but this will do for here and now.
Gilgamesh's voice is a little softened. ]
What is this about your other bonded leaving? Are you saying that other Master has departed from this city?
[ or has she departed more seriously, like that Flat boy? ]
[voice]
I do not think so.
[Their voice sounds monotone and tired.]
Caren went home. Her true home. I am busy tending to plants but I would appreciate it if you drink it, Gil. What I feel isn't pleasant.
[voice]
[ well.
hm. ]
Could it be that you are sad? You should not be. After all, I am here, and in the presence of my greatness, you should feel only gladness.
No potion is required. Simply bask in joy at my nearness.
[voice]
But now they just sigh.]
The potion is meant to shield you from the sadness I feel. [Another sigh.] I know very well that this is a phantom pain. It isn't real. But it is there.
I would really appreciate it if you would drink it.
[voice]
[ you think a little bitch-ass feeling is going to get in the way of him when a fucked up eldritch Grail made of swirling dead homunculi did not even leave a mark? pfft. ]
Yet, it is true that I perceive great suffering in you. [ he can feel it, even if his reaction is restrained. ] What is this, Enkidu? Was that girl so important to you?
[voice]
[It seems not right. They want the best for him and him experiencing an empty, never-ending sense of sadness.
No, Enkidu cannot allow that]
She was my other bonded. The loss of this bond leaves me...utterly empty. [They pause for a long time] You aren't going to drink that potion..., right?
[voice]
then, he just smiles. ]
It is nothing I have not endured before.
[ does his friend still not understand?
ah, the irony that they think in terms of sparing him from never ending pain. ]
Living things disappear. Transience is the natural outcome of all life.
[ he shrugs his shoulder.
Enkidu has not known loss. not as Gilgamesh had.
not since -- ah. well. there was that girl from before... the one with the flower crown... yet... no, he puts aside such an ancient memory. another time, perhaps. ]
As King, I shall not enact such cowardice. Nor should you. You are my friend. Come to me to give vent to this grief.
[ because while Enkidu is a novice in dealing with loss and sadness, Gilgamesh has a thousand lifetimes of experience. ]
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before June event - Sheeps! 🐏
It was messy work in muggy weather, and she'd worn a white shirt.
After a few hours of chasing after sheep. Hounding them back to the farmer. By this point, her shirt was a mixture of brown with small patches of green from the grass. And yet, there was still more sheep to round up. So she rolls her shoulders looking over to the other person. The guy who'd helped with the school kids before. It wasn't a massive change in jobs, wrangling kids and sheep was basically the same thing right?]
Have any of these fainting sheep fainted for you?
[Because none of her's had yet.]
SO CUTE. I love that emote. :3
Gilgamesh does not look at his would-be companion for the day as he would a woman he is interested in. her body is hard and rigid like a soldier of Uruk or a Servant he might face in a Grail War. lean, muscled, strong -- he thinks such a woman must be rather intimidating to many a lesser man, and he remembers that aura she exerted on the day when they led those children. yet this threatening nature would seem to be a characteristic which exists almost by accident. the way she carries herself, she is not seeking battle in any conventional sense. indeed, she seems rather... un-self-aware, almost innocent.
for example, Mikasa has overlooked one very important point.
with a little smile, Gilgamesh murmurs... ]
Heh. These creatures fail to faint for me for the same reason they do not faint for you.
[ and because she does not see it, he lets his eyes wander over her changing features.
they are strange, rather like his Hakuno's. yet as he appreciates strangeness on some level, there is a certain monstrous beauty to those wings. ]
They fear us.
[ the sheep... in other words, are baring their fangs in the face of beings they perceive as predators. ]
My mongrel would have far better luck in coaxing them to faint. Yet you and I, being terrifying... we must simply try to change our natures, hm? Such a small miracle should be easily possible if you are with me, at least.
they look so much cuter on phone than pc ;-;
The flightless fae was a unique sight. There weren't many, and even with her losing a few inches of height she was tall. The thick chitin covering her neck and most of her limbs didn't help now she was getting to the point where clothes couldn't cover it. She'd denied what she was at first, wanting no association with the creatures that enslaved children. But she had no way of hiding it.
The smile and comment just gets a flat look from black compound eyes.]
...You're saying we're that frighting to them, that they're too afraid to pass out? [That... Made sense. They feared for their lives so much that the adrenaline was too strong to faint. And that they should act less threatening hmm?] What do you mean by mongrel? I thought you were just being an ass to the kids.
['my mongrel' with her original thought would mean he had a kid, and she very much doubted that.]
modranicht gift pt. 1: the work gift
and pt. 2
[So, that's how Gilgamesh ends up with one of the larger sphinxes sitting patiently outside Gilgamesh's domicile with a festive bow and...hat??? There's no need for a tag since its sender is hopefully obvious, but Gilgamesh should still inspect the blue and gold ribbons that have been tied together to create the bow as there is a singular glass bead attached with an image of the sphinx etched into it. He should be able to sense that the bead is, in fact, enchanted and that crushing said bead will summon another divine beast that should last long enough to serve whatever purpose it has been summoned for.]
[The large lad that is still hanging about, however, will last a week.]
[Try not to get on those megalomaniac vibes in the meantime, Gil, and make Ozymandias regret this.]
Modranicht gift
Happy Modranicht! Let’s have another great year here in Aefenglom!
M⚜️